Cleopatra De Leon, left, and Nicole Dimetman hug attorney Neel Lane as they react to Federal Judge Orlando Garcia granting a preliminary injunction in their lawsuit against the state to strike down the gay marriage ban, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Also in the lawsuit are Victor Holmes and Mark Phariss. less

Cleopatra De Leon, left, and Nicole Dimetman hug attorney Neel Lane as they react to Federal Judge Orlando Garcia granting a preliminary injunction in their lawsuit against the state to strike down the gay ... more

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Gay couples from left, Cleopatra De Leon and Nicole Dimetman, and Mark Phariss and Victor Holmes, give a news conference in San Antonio on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 after U.S. Federal Judge Orlando Garcia declared a same-sex marriage ban in deeply conservative Texas unconstitutional. less

Gay couples from left, Cleopatra De Leon and Nicole Dimetman, and Mark Phariss and Victor Holmes, give a news conference in San Antonio on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 after U.S. Federal Judge Orlando Garcia ... more

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Mark Phariss, left, holds the hand of partner Victor Holmes, center, as they leave the U.S. Federal Courthouse, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in San Antonio. District Judge Orlando Garcia said Wednesday he would issue a decision later after the two Texas men filed a civil rights lawsuit seeking permission to marry, and a lesbian couple sued to have their marriage recognized. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) less

Mark Phariss, left, holds the hand of partner Victor Holmes, center, as they leave the U.S. Federal Courthouse, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in San Antonio. District Judge Orlando Garcia said Wednesday he would ... more

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Couples Cleopatra De Leon, front left, and partner, Nicole Dimetman, front right, and Victor Holmes, back left, and partner Mark Phariss, back right, leave the U.S. Federal Courthouse, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in San Antonio. The two couples are challenging Texas' ban on same-sex marriage and have taken their case to federal court. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) less

AUSTIN - Two same-sex couples who sued Texas over its gay marriage ban are asking the state to pay them nearly $750,000 in attorney fees, according to court documents filed Friday.

Cleopatra DeLeon and her wife Nicole Dimetman, as well as Mark Phariss and his partner Victor Holmes, want the state to pay them $720,794 in attorney fees, plus $20,202 in other costs they incurred fighting to overturn the state's ban on gay marriage.

In a motion detailing the costs filed Friday, the couples said while their case was not a part of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning gay marriage bans nationwide, the high court's ruling nonetheless means they should be considered the winning party.

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"Defendants have suggested that they will argue that Plaintiffs are not prevailing parties because the law changes as a result of the Supreme Court's ruling," the filing stated. "By any standard, Plaintiffs prevailed."

The filing also said they should be granted the costs in light of Attorney General Ken Paxton's decision to tell county clerks to consider their religious beliefs before granting licenses to same-sex couples.

"Defendant's conduct belies any argument that this Court's injunction and declaration were not necessary," it added.

The filing breaks down the requested costs, including more than 1,700 hours in work by the couples' attorneys. The costs they seek to recoup are appropriate, the filing said, in part because attorneys repeatedly chose not to bill - or billed at a reduced rate - during the case.

"Plaintiffs exercised substantial billing judgment in their requested fees," the filing states. "For instance, Plaintiffs declined to include the work of more than 15 attorneys and paralegals who provided short-term assistance during the case."

Attorneys also cut their hourly rates - from $980 an hour to $500 an hour for attorney Barry Chasnoff, for example - and chose not to bill more than 700 hours of work they could have included in their estimated costs, the filing stated.

In 2014, a San Antonio judge sided with the two Texas couples and struck down Texas' gay marriage ban as unconstitutional. But he put the ruling on hold during the appeals process. The case was sitting in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide in June, overturning the remaining bans in Texas and a dozen other states.

Paxton's office did not immediately return a request for comment on the requested legal fees.